Sokrates

• Works great -- no fan, but it doesn't get all that hot
• Suspend to disk (hibernation) is working in x-windows and console
• Suspend to RAM (sleep) is also working well, though it may be unstable
• See local Ubuntu info
  

To Do

• figure out how to use rfb (RDP server) or KDE's remote desktop
• first create an invitation on sokrates
• then log in using KDE Remote Desktop (should use rdp)
• you should be able to share a desktop in this way
• you may need to run this differently, through a tunnel
  

Hints and reminders

• boot with the slightly modified xorg.conf (xorg.conf.1024)
• press Fn+F8 to switch to external screen
• press again to view display on both monitors
• alternatively, boot with xinerama configuration xorg.conf.dual
• the size is compressed and I was unable to do anything about it
• first method is preferable
  
• see Ubuntu on X1

• the machine goes to sleep when you close the lid
• make sure the blue light is turned off (Fn-F2)
  
• resuming takes a few seconds; press Fn-Up to bring back the screen
  
• after a dozen suspensions, programs might become sluggish, so reboot
• others report the sleep mode is not reliable, but I've had no failures
  
• safest way to hibernate is to press Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in as root, and press Fn-F1
  
• nearly as safe to do the same but log in as tord
  
• dvale icon should work, but is less fully tested
  
• hibernation is triggered in x-windows when there's 5min left on the battery
• to get a battery warning if you're not running x-windows, type batmon

• to disable the touch pad, issue "sudo modprobe -r psmouse"
• it should really be handled by ksynaptics, but it's not working
• it may be that the syndaemon program can be told to handle this
• mobile Alkybiades 00:0F:DE:12:1D:FA (model?)
• howto access your phone from ubuntu
• USB devices -- configure with udev (see installation history below)
  

• type dhcp to connect to the internet and dhav to disconnect
• Kubuntu is designed to hotplug connect ; ask on the forums how to turn this on
• hotplugging should work fine with my custom sov and dvale scripts
• the network card driver (tg3) is supposed to have problems with sleep, so my scripts unload it and don't reload it on resume
  

• label the partitions
  
• use /dev/disk/by-label
• udev finds them
  

• to see a list of running processes, press Ctrl-Esc -- you can use this screen to terminate some programs by the 'kill' command
• to start a program, you can press Alt-F2 and type the beginning of the name; you'll get a menu of all programs that match; use Tab for completion
  

• added driver in 2.6.17.8 kernel, works flawlessly
  

• when regulating sound, it's generally best to leave master volume on high and moderate the PCM channel (it's more noisy)
• amarok is the fancy way of playing music -- claims to integrate with ipod
• it seems to kill the artsd sound server on a regular basis
• I installed the amarok-gstreamer engine -- may work better
  
• you can play music in console by going to /platon/music and issuing "play *"
• regulate volume with a mixer, such as kmix or alsamixer
• the built-in speaker is terrible, but with headphones the sound is great
• you can close the lid to sleep while playing music; it will resume playing
• if it doesn't, try toggling the master sound switch -- in Kmix, it's the first green radio button in Output, labeled Master -- or go into kcontrol | sound, and check & uncheck "Start sound server" to restart the sound server

• Works -- modules load on boot if device is turned on (Fn+F2)
  
• Driver instructions
• Gentoo's instructions
  
• Firmware
• Instructions -- copy the *.fw files to /lib/firmware/2.6.17.8sd
• Press Fn+F2 to turn on (with Bluetooth)
  
• or you'll get Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On (in dmesg)
  
• modprobe ieee80211_crypt_wep
• WPA instructions
• ieee80211_crypt_ccmp
• ieee80211_crypt_tkip
• # options ipw2200 hwcrypto=0 (if it causes trouble)
  
• Forum
  

What needed work

• x-windows -- full resolution
• console fonts -- Norwegian letters and euro
• audio -- pc speaker
• bluetooth quirks
• wifi quirks
• update to Dapper Drake
• new 2.6.17.8 kernel
  
• suspend to RAM
• suspend to disk (optimizing)

• Ubuntu Norge
  
• User-friendly Ubuntu utilities
  
• read Martin's page for updates and comments on the hard drive problem, which may apply to sigillo -- perhaps turn dma off?
  
• has anyone succeeded in mapping the Fn+F1 (hibernate) key to a script in x-windows? It works fine in the Linux console.
  
• can wakeup be told to respond to the keyboard? (/proc/acpi/wakeup)
• move /tmp into RAM to reduce disk access?
  
• how to expand the size of the kernel ring buffer? dmesg is trunkated on boot
• how can I get KDE's acpi setup (klaptop_acpi_helper) to use the /etc/apci scripts?
  
• lots of unnecessary modules load -- how do I keep them from loading at all?
  joydev tsdev fan sony_acpi lp parport_pc parport fbcon font bitblit
     -- some won't even unload: vesafb ipv6

• bluetooth is working very well with custom scripts blav and blåk/blåt --
• modules must be unloaded every time the device is turned off
  
• bluez-utils must typically be started twice, might just need time
  
• pand command must be defined in /etc/default/bluez-utils
• you could improve the scripts by running hcitool dev and inq first
• suspend to disk -- the script is pretty solid, though tg3 could be an issue
• suspend to ram -- seems robust
  

Bugs (not confirmed for dapper)

• turning off the touchpad when typing fails
  
• should be handled by ksynaptics (see Kontrollsenter | Tilleggsenheter | Touch Pad)
• ksynaptics sees the touch pad, but the command to turn it off fails
• "sudo modprobe -r psmouse" turns the touchpad off while retaining the external mouse
  
• bootlog isn't working, perhaps because it doesn't see the console device -- you may need to include that information as a boot parameter. Try asking the maintainer.
• xine fails on the second run -- first time is fine. Colors turn psychedelic, but "xine --verbose=10" shows no difference. Restarting the session fixes the problem, so it isn't a xine configuration issue. Other applications that use xine are effected -- totem, kaffeine.
  

Guides

• Unofficial Ubuntu Starter Guide (local copy)
• Unofficial Kubuntu FAQ (very useful)
• Ubuntu Hoary release notes (local copy)
  
• Ubunto on X1 (local copy)
• German version (local copy)
• Ubuntu Power Management (local copy)
• Gentoo on Dell Latitude X1 (local copy)
• Norwegian installation (local copy)
• config files
• Fedora installation (local copy)
• OpenSuSE installation (local copy)
• Debian on Dell Latitude X1
• Linux on Laptops
• Forums
• Ubuntu forums
• linux-dell-laptops list
• debian-laptops list
• Dell laptops yahoogroup
  
  
• FAQs
• http://www.whacked.net/ldl/faq
• Bay Wolf has lots of technical info on Dell laptops
• thebithead's FAQ
  
  
• Tord's gadgets
• muhammed
• iPod
• Brother HL-1450 (use KDE's printer panel or web)
  
• HP ScanJet 3500c (still not supported)
  
• RTS8801 Maillist
• Zaurus
• OpenZaurus Getting Started Guide (Feb 2005)

Special keys (only partially tested)

• Standby (Fn+Esc)
• Hibernate (Fn+F1)
• Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8a on isa0060/serio0)
  Use 'setkeycodes e00a <keycode>' to make it known
• issued in linux console "setkeycodes e00a 155"
• added to no-x1 keyboard to "dvale" script, which is /etc/acpi/hibernate.sh
  
• the mapping doesn't work in x-windows (cf. Questions)
  
• WLAN/Bluetooth on/off (Fn+F2 - turn off to save battery power)
• Battery (Fn+F3)
• Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x87 on isa0060/serio0)
  Use 'setkeycodes e007 <keycode>' to make it known
  
• Numlock (Fn+F4)
• CRT/LCD (Fn+F8 - needs an external monitor to be connected)
• Fn+F10
• Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x89 on isa0060/serio0)
  Use 'setkeycodes e009 <keycode>' to make it known
  
• Prnt (Fn+F11, saves a screen snapshot (where?), Pause Fn+F12 too)
• Display brightness (Fn+arrow-up or arrow-down)
• works fine -- if you get "key unknown" that doesn't affect functionality
• Mute, as well as volume up/down can be configured via Gnome System Settings or xbindkeys
  

• bluetooth is working great
• Dell Truemobile, connected internally to the USB bus
• internal device 00:10:C6:63:9A:B4
• BIOS
• version A02
• Press F2 on startup to enter CMOS
• BIOS A04 available -- see changelog (very minor changes)
  
• CDRW / DVD
  
• NEC DVD+-RW ND-6500A
• when booting with it connected, it appears as an IDE drive
• when hotplugging it, as a usb mass storage device
  
• CD music player untested (problem reported)
  
• burner untested
• Compact Flash  / MMC slot (compact pcmcia)
  
• on Cardbus bridge, works with pcmcia service and cardmgr
  
• set to automount; untested
• CPU
• 1.1GHz, automatic CPU frequency regulator down to 600MHz
  
• display
• works at the maximum resolution, 1280×768 at 3D 900 FPS
• brightness downed on battery -- use Fn-Up to brighten
• firewire
• supposedly works; untested
• graphics
  
• Intel 915GM, got an i810 driver from xorg CVS
  
• hard disk
• 30GB -- WinXP 6GB, Linux / 7GB, swap 1.5GB, platon 13.5GB,
  
• 1GB felles is fat32 for use by Linux and Windows
• LAN (see ADSL)
• Broadcom BCM5751 gigabit ethernet, tg3 driver, working
• modem will likely work with sl-modem or else linuxant (not installed)
• modules must be unloaded for sleep & hibernate
• mouse
• unload modules during suspend and restart
• unplug and replug mouse after sleep to get scroll wheel back
  
• RAM
• 768MB
• could use this for /tmp?
  
• SD slot (PCI 02:01.2 Class 0805: Ricoh R5C841)
• driver sdhci works late Jan 2006  (not installed)
• added to 2.6.17-rc1 kernel in March 06
• included in Dapper Drake flight releases
  
• able to read both SD and MMC cards (unlike WinXP)
• sound is working fine
• put this .asoundrc in your homedir to avoid clicking sounds (if any)
• occasional hangs in KDE
  
• touchpad
•  works, not extensively tested
• gpm in linux console allows pasting with right button
• finger taps, vertical scrolling, turned off while typing
• configure in kcontrol (installed ksynaptics)
• can stop working properly after CPU suspend? (untested)
• restart the session to fix
• USB 2.0
  
• tested with bluetooth dongle, mouse, hard drive
• automounts USB stick
• wireless
• Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2200BG -- ipw driver, needs firmware
  
• supposedly works fine; untested
• may benefit from updated driver (see rebuilding kernel)
• access-point driver in the works!
  

Installation history

01 December 2007 -- scanner

I'd never read Troy Rollo's last e-mail about the HP 3500 scanner driver:

Troy Rollo troy at troy.rollo.name
Sat Apr 21 2007

I have updated the HP3500 SANE backend in CVS. The file "backend/hp3500.c" will work as is in version 1.0.18 backends. The following changes were made:

    Improve speed and reduce noise of most resolutions
    Deal with an escape code discovered in the scanner's protocol
    Use hardware detailed calibrations for resolutions up to 300
    Use improved software detailed calibration for other resolutions
    Add more debug information
    Drop the 25dpi resolution
    Make 200dpi the default (the same as the Windows frontend)
    Add code (not used yet) to deal partially with grayscale and lineart scanning
    Use I18N strings where appropriate

The easiest way to get a copy of this is to download a snapshot (dated 22-April-2007 or later) from http://www.sane-project.org/snapshots/

I really don't plan to work on this any more - I have spent far too much time on it already and I have other projects in urgent need of attention. Some
people have asked about line art and grayscale scanning - if you are interested in this you have the souce code and that together with the information at http://projects.troy.rollo.name/rt-scanners/chip.html contains all I know about the scanner. Otherwise gimp can convert full colour to greyscale or black and white.

My last attempt with the scanner was with an earlier version of libsane -- Ubuntu's libsane now certainly contains the updated driver, and you should give it a try again. He says "The HP3500C isvery prone to overheating."

28 April 2007 -- vnc

I get this error when starting the vnc server:

root@sokrates:~# vncserver :1 -geometry 640x480 -depth 8
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/name/.Xauthority
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/name/.Xauthority

New 'X' desktop is sokrates:1

Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/sokrates:1.log

The process table shows this:

# ps aux | grep vnc
root      6431  0.1  0.3   4416  2452 pts/2    S    21:59   0:00 Xtightvnc :1 -desktop X -lf 1024 -auth /home/name/.Xauthority -geometry 640x480 -depth 8 -rfbwait 120000 -rfbauth /root/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5901 -fp /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/ -co /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb

28 April 2007 -- scanner

lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:2205 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 3500c

# scanimage -T -v
scanimage: rounded value of br-x from 215.9 to 215.893
scanimage: rounded value of br-y from 298.45 to 298.454
scanimage: scanning image of size 5099x7050 pixels at 24 bits/pixel
scanimage: acquiring RGB frame, 8 bits/sample
scanimage: reading one scanline, 15297 bytes...

16 December 2005 -- udev

A flash stick, a camera, an iPod, and a hard drive all need to have their own device nodes via udev.

• udev FAQ
• writing udev rules (detailed instructions with examples)
  
• udev mailing list
• Debian instructions for flash sticks

udevinfo -a -p `udevinfo -q path -n /dev/sda`

BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?1", SYSFS{product}="Flash",   NAME="media/%k", SYMLINK="flash"
BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?1", SYSFS{product}="Camera",  NAME="media/%k", SYMLINK="kamera"
BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?2", SYSFS{product}="iPod",    NAME="media/%k", SYMLINK="iPod"
BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?1", SYSFS{serial}="04021701", NAME="media/%k", SYMLINK="film"
BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?2", SYSFS{serial}="04021701", NAME="media/%k", SYMLINK="bilder"
BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?3", SYSFS{serial}="04021701", NAME="media/%k", SYMLINK="musikk"
BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?4", SYSFS{serial}="04021701", NAME="media/%k", SYMLINK="kommunal"

/dev/flash    /media/flash    vfat defaults,uid=tord,gid=users,umask=000,noauto 0,0
/dev/camera   /media/camera   vfat defaults,uid=tord,gid=users,umask=000,noauto 0,0
/dev/iPod     /media/iPod     vfat defaults,uid=tord,gid=users,umask=000,noauto 0,0
/dev/film     /media/film     ext3 noauto,defaults 0,0
/dev/bilder   /media/bilder   ext3 noauto,defaults 0,0
/dev/musikk   /media/musikk   ext3 noauto,defaults 0,0
/dev/kommunal /media/kommunal vfat defaults,uid=tord,gid=users,umask=000,noauto 0,0

It's likely that Ubuntu Hoary has autofs installed, see gtkpod readme and add the necessary commands, or (better) let gtkpod handle mounting.

11 October 2005 -- kcontrol problems

Administrator mode doesn't work in kcontrol -- the problem surfaces occasionally in KDE and there doesn't seem to be a good solution.  One suggested workaround I implemented:

nano /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

nano /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc, change the GreetString

The way I fixed it was to go into the kmenu menu editor by right click on the start menu icon. Then went to the Control Center. I highlighted then in the tabs on the top I select Edit. In the Edit tab select copy. Now hit the Edit tab again and this time select Paste. Now you have 2 Control Centers. Rename the new one to say ' Control Center (Super User) '. With Control Center (Super User) highlighted, check the box Run as adiffernet user. In the box below enter root as the user. Save and exit.

Now when you select Control Center (Super User) you are actually editing root's Control Center so that is why you need to leave the orginal Control Center so as to make changes to your own user account. But for the ones that required Administrator Mode can only be done as root so that will not cause any problems with your own Settings.

17 September 2005 -- gstreamer

Installed mpg123 xmms-mad (mp3-support in xmms), mp3gain vorbisgain gtkpod-aac (aac-support in gtkpod) faac gstreamer0.8-faac grip gstreamer0.8-faad faad easytag tagtool -- mainly packages relating to playing music and the ipod. Debian has just released kaffeine with a gstreamer engine; this may also be available for Kubuntu somewhere -- likely in the KDE 3.4.2 feed you already have the source line for.

12 September 2005 -- suspend to RAM (sleep)

These sleep modes supported: S0 S3 S4 S4bios S5 (/proc/acpi/sleep).

In the sov script I unload ipw2200 and several usb modules -- those that would let me -- before sleeping, and load the usb modules back afterwards. The odd trick on the X1 for waking up is odd: press the Fn-Up key for brightening the screen. The up and down arrows don't produce keycodes, but seem to speak directly to the graphics card, which is just what we need to get it to come back to life.  So far, suspend hasn't failed once -- I gave up on using it on Sigillo, since it occasionally failed, and some X1 users have said it's not reliable.

This has been sort-of integrated into the acpi scripts to make the system go to sleep automatically on closing the lid. I tried Martin's pagefor ideas, but my own scripts worked much better than those shipped, so I stuck with them, although the integration with acpi really is not very good. They're fast though, and seem to be robust.

Martin writes that a patch is needed for tg3 to wake up after suspend to RAM (local copy in /platon/programvare/linux/patches), but it's not clear it's needed -- can't you just unload tg3 before suspending and reload it afterwards? tg3 works fine after suspending to disk.

KDE uses /usr/bin/klaptop_acpi_helper (from klaptopdaemon) to handle suspend, but it's not clear how to get this setup to hook into the /etc/apci scripts.

9 September 2005 -- security upgrade and gcc

Installed ksysv (manage run levels) libncurses5-dev (curses-interface for configuring the linux kernel) libqt3-mt-dev (graphic interface for configuring the kernel) kernel-package (tools for building the kernel) kompare (compare two logs or other text documents, useful for tracking changes and tracking down bugs).

Installed cpp-3.3 g++-3.3 gcc-3.3-base gcc-3.3 libstdc++5-3.3-dev libstdc++5 -- all of these are needed to compile the linux kernel. Also installed cpp-4.0 g++-4.0 gcc-4.0-base gcc-4.0 libstdc++6-4.0-dev libstdc++6, or the more recent version of these tools, which by now are stable and in common use. Also installed gcc cpp binutils libgcc1 libmudflap0-dev gcc-4.0-locales, further packages for compilation.

Installed hexedit khexedit (programs for editing or inspecting binary files) krename (for batch renaming of files) gnome-bluetooth (a gnome desktop bluetooth tool).

Finally, I installed some programs for playing DVDs -- gstreamer0.8-dvd libdvdnav4 libdvdplay0 dvdrip lsdvd.

I also accepted a security update of two dozen core KDE packages and a new kernel! There's an advantage for you for not running a custom kernel.

All packages installed without protest.

7 September 2005 -- PC speaker and audio mixer

The PC speaker was silent when I wanted to use it for a battery monitor alarm script. It turns out there are some quirks in the sound card; use alsamixer, amixer, or (in KDE) KMix to set the variables:

• "PCM out" has two settings: "pre 3D" (use this one) and "post 3D" (which blocks the PC speaker)
• If the "3D Control Switch" is on, then increasing the "3D Control Depth" and "3D Control Center" controls will muffle the PC speaker and main speaker -- keep the switch off
• If you turn off "External Amplifier", both main speaker and PC speaker are turned off

alsactl store -f /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.max

alsactl restore -f /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.max

amixer -c 0 cset numid=2 31,31

6 September 2005 -- fonts in the linux console and x-windows

See Keyboards and fonts (local).

The priority of languages used in Linux documents in console is set in the environment variable LANGUAGE (see echo $LANGUAGE). It is currently "nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:da:sv:en_GB:en". The main language is set with "just reconfigure locales", or you can set it individually per user -- currently steen's .bashrc defines US locale, but that may not be the optimal solution. Type "export" to see all the environment variables, which are per-user; they can apparently be set as the output of this command shows, for instance:

declare -x OLDPWD="/home/steen"

I tried to define locales in the us and no keyboard scripts, but the environment variables don't change if you put them in a script.

In /etc/console-tools/config I uncommented "DO_VCSTIME=yes" so that consoles now have the time in the upper right corner -- but then discovered that this interfered with marking text with a mouse, as the screen was in effect updated once a second; I turned it off again.

The console font is set to Latin16, with euro, in /etc/kbd/config and repeated in /etc/acpi/resume.sh and /usr/local/bin/dvale:

consolechars -f lat9u-16

4 September 2005 -- installing and uninstalling (tweaks)

Installed sysv-rc-conf (run levels), qtparted (partition manager), gparted ntfsprogs (supports WinXP partitions, needed to mount WinXP on sokrates), txt2html (convert txt to html files), pdftohtml (convert pdf files to html), prelink (speed up OpenOffice loading). The main thing is ntfsprogs, which I hadn't noticed hadn't been installed. Verified that the WinXP partition mounts correctly (read-only). I ran "prelink --all", which makes all applications start faster -- it takes quite a while and the CPU is near 100% utilization.

Uninstalled packages relating to logical volume management and raid -- lvm, lvm2, evm, and md. They showed up in the boot log and are irrelevant. Uninstalled fetchmail, since Tord is using smtp. Turned on bootlog by setting /etc/default/bootlogd to yes.

Discovered that the syndaemon program, which regulates the synaptics touchpad, is in fact started with KDM, so there's no need to worry about including it in some .xsession file.

Set grub to boot without showing menu, with a one-second chance (press ESC) to stop the boot. If Tord regularly needs WinXP, this should be unset, but for now it's practical for frequent suspends.

The battery says it will last two hours, but even working in console I got a bit less -- maybe and hour and fifty minutes. The last ten minutes the warning light comes on, but a bell would be nice.

2 September 2005 -- Norwegian characters

During the installation process I had run "just reconfigure locales" and selected UTF-8, since the Ubuntu documentation said this is what Ubuntu uses. However, this turned out to create problems for Norwegian letters -- the setup sort of worked, but it was unstable, didn't resume well from suspend, and so on. Reconfiguring locales to use 8859-1 instead solved the problem. I also created a script to switch between Norwegian and US keyboards in the linux console, and discovered I needed to use the standard and not latin1 keyboard to get the right delete key.

The character set issues look like they're solved -- Norwegian letters type fine on the command line. However, kuser is surprisingly crash prone (bad version, should be bugreported) and won't let me enter Østberg as user tord's real name. I went straight into /etc/passwd and added it there -- and KDE starts up with no protests! KDE's Control center also accepts the letter (Sikkerhet og personvern | Passord og brukerkonto).

1 September 2005 -- nvu, KDE og firefox og mozilla på norsk, xprint, video, bootsplash

Ordnet opp i sources.list og installerte nvu grub-splashimages update-manager ksynaptics og mozilla-psm. Dessuten mplayer-686 (med xvid og faad), flac og realplayer -- det må være Marillats pakker. Nå er det bare en nyere versjon av wajig som mangler.  Satt KDE språk til norsk og installerte norsk mozilla-locale-no-db og mozilla-firefox-locale-nb; thunderbird-locale-nb er for gammel til å passe til den nåværende versjonen (spør Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@debian.org>). Installerer også xprt for den nyeste mozilla-firefox (som fra nå av vil hete firefox) og mozilla-browser, men måtte behold xprt-xprintorg for thunderbird.

Also installed feh (view images), myspell-nb (provides openoffice.org-spellcheck-nb, while aspell-no provides aspell-dictionary), mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail (encrypted e-mail), ttf-indic-fonts (Hindi, Cannada, Telegu, et al.), and pixmaps (for editing icons).

Installed fbset hddtemp filelight kdirstat fbi language-support-nb transcode cdrdao (for CD burning with k3b) fping mpeg2dec a52dec gringotts (for secure passwords) ca-certificates xvid4conf libdivxdecore0 libdivxencore0 mjpegtools toolame gksu (for update-manager).

Added this line to /etc/hddtemp.db:

"TOSHIBA MK3006GAL"                     194  C  "Toshiba MK3006GAL"

sudo /etc/acpi/sleep.sh

sudo /etc/acpi/hibernate.sh

tord    ALL= NOPASSWD: ALL

/usr/sbin/915resolution 45 1280 768 24

su -p root

none        /tmp        tmpfs   defaults        0 0

acroread - Latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader
acroread-plugin - Firefox Acobat Reader Plugin

petris openssh-server nmap okle xbindkeys mp3blaster xine-ui gnupod-tools gtkpod xbindkeys-config ogle-gui

• no user root is created, and when messing around I accidentally set a root password I couldn't reproduce. Solution: boot in rescue mode and reset the password.
• screen black after base installation
  Solution: set "vesa" instead of "i810" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
• couldn't connect to the Internet
  Solution: type dhclient (you may also have had to set up dhcp auto in /etc/networking/interfaces)
  
  

• 915resolution_0.4-1_i386.deb to up resolution to 1280x768
• add "/usr/sbin/915resolution 45 1280 768 24" to /etc/init.d/kdm)
• see http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Dell_Latitude_X1#Graphics_controller
• backup kept in /platon/programvare/linux/debs
• Hardware acceleration will be available with X.org 6.9
• I think the i810_drv.o next may be from xorg cvs
• i810_drv.o from http://www.fairlite.demon.co.uk/intel.html
• copy the xorg driver to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o-xorg
• copy the new driver to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/
• backup kept in /platon/programvare/linux/binary
• change driver back to "i810" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
• from Fedora installation:
• Section "Monitor"
          Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
          HorizSync       20-90
          VertRefresh     60-100
          ModeLine "1280x768" 111.69 1280 1336 1616 1728 768 770 782 808
          Option          "DPMS"
  EndSection
  
• add to grub: vga=0x317 video=i810fb:vram:2,xres:1024,yres=768,bpp:24,
  hsync1:30,hsync2:49,vsync1:40,vsync2:70,accel,mtrr
• glxgears now runs at 907.000 FPS, as advertized
  

Note further that "915resolution 45 1280 768 24" gets you the 24 bits per pixel resolution, which the monitor appears to support and which works fine with dri (according to the xorg log) -- so it's clearly preferred. Does this give you more colors or sharper images or both?

I added the 915resolution command to /etc/init.d/kdm rather than to /etc/init.d/bootmisc for two reasons. One is that it messes up the framebuffer console; this way you have the option of not starting kdm at boot and getting a clean framebuffer. The other is related to the fact that the 915resolution command must be rerun after hibernation. It is in the /etc/acpi/resume.sh script (for hibernations from KDE), and also in the dvale script (for hibernation from console), but conditionally on KDM running. This allows a faster and cleaner resume to console.

Finally, there's no need to use the HorizSync 20-90 and VertRefresh 60-100 values; let DDC take care of this, as the correct values work fine.

• touchpad -- used the configuration from the German guide
• CF-Slot -- added fstab line as shown in the German guide
• Set keyboard to inspiron in xorg.conf -- see Gentoo guide
  
• Option          "XkbModel"      "inspiron"
• The touchpad may be too touchy -- see Martin's guide
  
• gpm got the same configuration as sigillo to paste (console)

• The built-in bluetooth is at hci0 00:10:C6:63:9A:B4
• I changed the settings in /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf to those on sigillo
• The Linksys USB Bluetooth adapter has a range of a mile
• I set up a connection to sigillo; works great -- 50 to 70kb/s
• The internal Toshiba bluetooth device is just as fast, but its range is a few meters
•  Works very reliably with custom scripts --
            o modules must be unloaded every time the device is turned off and on again
            o bluez-utils must be started twice to establish a connection
            o the pand command must be defined in /etc/default/bluez-utils
• Connections may get established if you give the pand command manually, but it's erratic

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